Here I thought that somebody would say that it's a silly idea, and it turns out they tried it in reality! :D Do you know if it was intended for...
I'm not aware the USA ever developed a .60 (15.2 mm) MG in WW2. Maybe there were proposals or designs, but I don't know about them. It was just my...
Yes, after penetrating the 320 mm belt a shell would have to go through the 100 mm Wh (Wotan hart) slope of the deck (the "scarp") and the 45 mm...
I think that Thumpalumpacus point was that's easier for gunners in a massive formation of heavy bombers to claim over-kills than for fighter...
I got Mueller-Hillebrand "Das Heer 1933-45" vol 3 from the library. At the end of the volume he reports German military casualties from 1.9.1939...
I didn't know she had lost a boiler room. Was it due to concussion damage by PoW shells or torpedo hits? I'm not aware of any shot penetrating the...
I think it was SOP in many navies to scuttle or torpedo their own ships when they were considered a total loss. I don't know if this was done to...
I reckon you are right. The scuttling theory seems to have gained a lot of acceptance, however it's still not clear if the ship was already in...
I don't know if you have already seen it, but I think this analysis by Okun of the Bismarck armor protection is useful for this discussion: ARMOR...
The Iowas had (actually have, they are still there after all) an elegant profile but I don't like their bulbous prows. Definitions are always a...
The Alaska had intermediate armament and protection between a heavy cruiser and BB. To me the most obvious and simplest classification seems...
I know that it may sound weird to consider weapons "handsome" or "beautiful" but I indeed do. A lot of people consider cars beautiful. I don't...
He declared war on the US on December 11th, 1941. Also, a telegram was delivered to the Netherlands on the morning of 10 May 1940 with a warning...
Maybe. Hitler eschewed alcohol and recreational drugs, but dr. Morell was giving him a lot of stuff, which, according to this source (Inside the...
I agree with Carronade. I think it's extremely unlikely that the Roosevelt administration could have convinced the Congress to declare war on...
Yes, the Pact was not binding for offensive actions, and Japan didn't attack the USSR when Hitler started Barbarossa, but followed its independent...
Perhaps a timely retreat from Caucasus soon after the encirclement of Stalingrad would have provided Wintergewitter with one or two additional...
I'm reading Zhukov's Greatest Defeat. Even if Mars was a failure it prevented the Germans to move forces to the south. Probably it would have been...
Germany didn't suffer from significant food shortages until the last year of war. Yes, they had to use ersatz products but chicory coffee or...
True, without the German string of victories in 1939-40 Hungary and Romania would have been much less enthusiastic about joining a crusade against...